For the HTPC, you want a minimum of 2U. Why? Because even though a 1U will be perfectly fine in your scenario (no dedicated GPU), the 1U power supplies and any midplane fans are NEVER quiet. You can...

First of all....never EVER start multiple file transfers in Windows (or any other OS for that matter), if you're reading/writing to the same set of disks and your disks are not SSDs. By that I mean,...